Math
What mathematical term describes the likelihood of a particular event occurring?
Probability
What is the capital of Virginia?
Richmond
Name one of the two cities in Japan where the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb.
Hiroshima or Nagasaki
What is the center of a cell?
Nucleus
Who was the famous English playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and King Lear?
Shakespeare
In degrees, what are the interior angles of each angle of an equilateral triangle?
60 degrees
How many countries in South America speak Portuguese as a first language?
Just one: Brazil!
Which country accidentally invented the first fireworks by throwing bamboo into fire back in 200 B.C.?
China
What is the name of the term assigned to an amount of moisture in the air?
Humidity
What is the moral lesson of the story in the boy who cried wolf?
The takeaway is that it doesn’t pay to lie; if a liar does eventually need to tell the truth, no one will believe them.
What is the name of the longest side of a triangle opposite the right angle?
The hypotenuse
What is the largest country in Western Europe?
France
Who wrote the original words to “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
Francis Scott Key
What is the strongest bone in the human body?
Femur
What American author wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
Mark Twain
In the numbered sequence, .0347, the 3 is in which decimal place?
Hundredths
What central mountain range runs from Maine down to Alabama?
The Appalachian Mountains
Which ancient civilization built the Pantheon and Colosseum and invented the modern-day calendar?
The Roman Empire
Who was the Italian astronomer and physicist who discovered that an object’s weight does not affect how fast it falls?
Galileo Galilei
What is the adverb in the sentence?
The doctor spoke softly while the nurse unwound the bandage carelessly.
Softly
In degrees, what are the interior angles of each angle of an equilateral triangle?
60 degrees
What modern-day city in South America has a statue of Jesus Christ upon a mountain top?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
List the names of each state of the original thirteen United States colonies.
Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
What two elements of the periodic table make up table salt?
Sodium,Chloride
What word in the sentence below is an adjective?
The bus she took to school was so slow.
Slow